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Wayne Shorter.
Nov. 15 George Lopez at the Wilbur Theatre. www.thewilbur.com
Nov. 16 “An Evening With Livingston Taylor & Special Guest Chelsea Berry” at Newton North High School. www.historicnewton.org
“Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion” opens at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. www.pem.org
Nov. 19 “Colin Quinn Unconstitutional” at the Paramount Center. www.colinquinnunconstitutional.com
Nov. 20 “A Christmas Story, The Musical” opens at Citi Wang Theatre. www.citicenter.org
Nov. 23 and 24 The Mystic Chorale at Tremont Temple. www.brownpapertickets.com
Nov. 24 Wayne Shorter80th Birthday Celebration at Symphony Hall. www.celebrityseries.org
Nov. 29 José Mateo Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” opens at the Duxbury Performing Arts Center in Duxbury (see website for additional venues). www.ballettheatre.org
Handel and Haydn Society’s “Messiah” opens at Symphony Hall. www.handelandhaydn.org
Nov. 30 The Capitol Steps’ “Fiscal Shades of Gray” at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge. www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu/boxoffice
Dec. 1 New England Ringers’ “Joy in Bronze” at Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College in North Andover. www.newenglandringers.org
Dec. 5 “Rights of Way: Mobility and the City” opens at BSA Space. www.bsaspace.org
June Wulff can be reached at june.wulff@globe.com.